The Holidays are coming!
Fall is here! I don’t
know about you, but once October gets here, the days and weeks fly by and the
holidays are here. Which means that
pretty soon, we’re going to start seeing holiday health advice. Most of it centered on what not to do or doing
things we don’t want to think about doing during the holidays. Things like watching what we eat. Ugh--no mac & cheese, no sweet potato
pie, no cake, and preparing healthier versions of our favorite dishes. Things like working out. Who has time to work out when there are
parties and events to attend? On top of the extra hours you work to make extra
money for holidays, finish projects, or meet your year-end objectives.
The holiday season is the time to relax and enjoy life, not
the time to restrict or stress yourself out—at least that’s how I see it. So my advice is to start now. Start adopting healthy habits now and when
the holidays get here, you’ll be less likely to abandon them completely. You’ll be able to relax and enjoy the
holidays without guilt. And if you start
practicing healthy habits now, a funny thing is going to happen. You will naturally change how you enjoy the
holidays without giving it a second thought.
You’ll find that eating less and maintaining your exercise schedule or
level of activity will not be as much of a challenge. By the way, when it comes to eating less it might
feel weird at first and you might even force yourself to overeat because it’s
what you’re used to doing. I know
because that’s what I did! But after a
while, that feeling will pass and you’ll sail through the holiday season with
ease.
That’s my advice to holiday health--start now! When the
holiday season arrives, you’ll keep doing what you’re used to doing. And hopefully, you’ll enjoy those new healthy
habits because it’s so much easier to do what you enjoy versus imposing
restrictions on yourself because it’s what you think you should do.
Shirley
